My title might be a bit hyperbolic, but stuff like this worries me. I love to read and I love reading on a kindle. This has been going on for a while, but it has now reached absurd levels.

  • Spudger@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Anyone that buys anything from Amazon is also part of the problem. Support your local bookshop while you still can.

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      1 year ago

      I mean, most of my reading comes from authors who are literally only on amazon. And they’re only on amazon because it’s impossible to make a living trying to sell your book anywhere else. Brandon Sanderson has brought attention to this issue.

      I’m supporting indie authors in a sub-genre that you literally can’t even find in a physical bookstore. I get that bookstores are hurting, but I had to make a choice between small time authors and small time book stores.

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      1 year ago

      A store cannot survive on good will alone unfortunately. As much as I like my local bookstore, Amazon provides more content in more formats. It’s just better from every angle.

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        1 year ago

        Don’t worry, your utopian vision of streets full of closed shops and associated tumbleweed will be here soon enough.